I’m so delighted that I can announce that Parental Bereavement Leave will be known as “Jacks Law”
Such a bittersweet feeling and I feel proud to have achieved this in Jacks Memory.
I miss Jack everyday
I hope this will help future families
#jackslaw#grief
Our highest number of nominations is 150... We are VERY close to beating it. Can YOU help? Do you KNOW someone who deserves a thank you?
Nominate YOUR community hero for a Love Barrow Award!
https://t.co/skwi2HXodm
#LBA20#BarrowinFurness#LoveBarrow
Early start for a live breakfast interview with BBC Cumbria, talking about the charity and Alice’s continuing legacy.
Busy day ahead, with a supporter due shortly and then, this afternoon, a cheque presentation from Foresters friendly 💜
#AlicesLegacy#Supporters#BBC
💜 BE CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARE 💜
I’ll post this every year until the day I die ... if it can save just one child 😢
Eleven years ago, after ten months of been fobbed off by the NHS, we paid on a credit card to be... https://t.co/oKKRRBEahk
Earlier this month, long term supporters, Ashley and Vicki from @ExpressPlumbSup visited the charity to hand over a fantastic £600 ... lovely to catch up and Mabel and Lottie enjoyed cuddles too!
Askam Line Dancers presented Alice’s Nan, Pauline, with an amazing £1,000 at a fundraising evening event ... we hear Pauline enjoyed a bit of dancing and a few giggles too
Long time supporter, Eric, invited Alice’s mum, Vicky, to an auction at Christie’s in London. Along with three other very worthy charities, we benefitted from a share of an enormous £80,000 raised from ‘Boy With Dolphin’, a very beautiful piece of art.
Now the chaos of the K2B is behind us, we’re catching up on saying thank you to quite a few amazing people ...
first on our list, is @NorthPandIClub who donated a whopping £5,000 to us via the Kidd family who were benefiting from a little escape with us 💜
🥊CHARITY BOXING EVENT🥊 on Friday 24th August Croftlands Park FC will be holding a boxing event in aid of @AlicesEscapes. 8 fights with local boxer @LiamConroy92 our special referee, Tickets on Sale NOW #FightNight
RT @FMBKendal: The third Charity we would like to highlight is @AlicesEscapes nominated by our Andrew Laisby. The charity helps the families of seriously ill children to get away on holiday. WOW thank you!
Our next fundraiser:-
https://t.co/IMkhJcv6y2 https://t.co/ChA1NkyovZ